The latest update for the GTA Online mode of Rockstar’s massively popular crime sandbox game Grand Theft Auto 5, titled ‘Beach Bum’ is set to go live tomorrow.

How do you make one of the most popular games in history, part of one of the most lucrative franchises in video games even better? When the fans are happy to play along as before and the critics rate the game with all marks out of 10, how do you improve upon that? Grand Theft Auto 5 is the game in question and the online multiplayer mode of Rockstar’s critical and sales hit, GTA Online, is one of its most popular draws. Now, they’re making GTA Online even better, giving players even more things to do with the ‘Beach Bum’ update which is set to go live in the game tomorrow.

In update 1.06, one of the things players can get their virtual mitts on is a plethora of new jobs to complete. Centred around the beach of the game’s Los Santos setting, new things to do in the Survival, Races, Deathmatches, Parachutes, Gang Attacks and Last Team Standing game types are all available. One of these missions that Rockstar describe is “Grass Roots 2”, set to take players from the Zancudo River all the way to the wetlands and then to the North Chumash beach. Rockstar have also described the “Survival on Del Perro Pier” mission, which sees you taking down enemies in front of a giant Ferris wheel.

New vehicles will also be available for you to race across the map with, including the BF Bifta dune buggy, the Canis Kalahari off-roader, the Bravado Paradise camper van and the Speeder speedboat, which can all be used in Beach Bum Races, Vehicle Deathmatches and in the game’s story mode. They’re available via the in game phone at southernsanandreassuperautos.com, with the Speeder being available at docktease.com.

Rockstar haven’t left out fight fans either as the SNS Pistol and Broken Bottle weapon choices have been added, along with new apparel choices to deck your character out in as they take on waves of enemies and it’s all available in tomorrow’s update.

To apologise for a series of game breaking glitches, developer Rockstar are gifting $500K in virtual money to players of their game, Grand Theft Auto Online.

Grand Theft Auto 5 (GTA Online’s ‘parent’ game) is the “fastest entertainment property” to earn $1 billion dollars, according to the Guinness World Records, it’s also the best-selling video game in 24 hours and, fans or those curious about the title have have seen GTA 5 also garner the record for “Most viewed trailer for an action-adventure video game”. With these records, too, in conjunction with the many 10 out of 10 reviews scores and various gaming awards that it’s been hoovering up tremendously, you’d be forgiven for thinking that GTA 5 is the perfect game, with nary a flaw or glitch in the many square miles that make up its Los Santos setting. However, in the game’s online mode, there are several glitches which make GTA Online nigh on impossible to play, but now, Rockstar have come up with a way to say ‘sorry’ to players.

Some of the glitches saw player created characters simply disappear from the list of those available, effectively forcing those who want to play GTA Online to create a brand new avatar or wait it out until Rockstar released a patch. Rockstar have since released a fix for the bug and their way of saying sorry is certainly fitting. From the end of last week and onwards, the developer and publisher of the game will make deposits of $500K in virtual, GTA Online cash into player accounts, letting them spend it in the game world. The first chunks of money (Rockstar are delivering the $500K in two lump sums) should have hit last week for most and players will have likely seen the first amount of $250K show up by now. Details on when the second batch of money will drop are light, however, but Rockstar suggest people visit their newswire regularly to find out.

There’s also a small catch, in terms of Rockstar’s payment, in that not everyone will receive the money. In order to be eligible, you will have had to have logged in played GTA Online in October 2013. This means that if you’ve not yet played the game, or are looking to play GTA Online after October, now’s your chance to score some in-game bonuses by playing it before the end of the month approaches.

Is GTA5′s online doomed to reprise the Diablo 3 / Sim City situations? It’s not quite, but here’s some stuff you should know.

It seems the American government isn’t the only thing not working quite right today. GTA5 has launched it’s online mode today, shortly after becoming the fastest selling game of all time, and as expected, the gamers came in rushing. This has caused a bit of an overload, and while the game is technically up and running, gamers all around the world are reporting bugs and performance issues.

The mandatory patch released today fixes many things in the regular story mode, mainly interface issues when using Internet on the cell phone after completing the game or during a mission replay, the Vanilla Unicorn occasionally becoming locked, a fix for issues where the character’s money could drop below zero and become stuck, the Epsilon Program missions not progressing properly after delivering some cars, the Atomic Blimp sometimes not appearing as a phone contact, vehicles going missing or losing their upgrades, and several map escape and collision issues along with other various bugs, as well as finally granting access to the online portion of the game. The problem? Most gamers just see a “failure to host session” shortly after setting up their online persona, and then get kicked back to story mode.

Rockstar have set a dedicated support team to resolve technical issues at their support page and twitter, as well as an email address for feedback or suggestions at GTAOnline@rockstargames.com. We hope and expect to see the situation normalized soon!

Ever faithful to their own tradition, the Rockstar team allows us to cheat our way through GTA5 without any DLC. Here are the codes you’ve been looking for.

We’ve finally managed to put down the controller to put this piece together. Here’s the cheat codes you’ve been looking for! Input them during normal gameplay, just like in every other GTA title that you might have played. Be warned, though, using cheats disables trophies.

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http://ps3maven.com/gta-5-to-be-released-on-ps4/#commentsWed, 04 Sep 2013 12:00:33 +0000JasmineHenryhttp://ps3maven.com/?p=10736GTA 5 to be Released on PS4?

GTA 5 is Rockstar’s most ambitious title in the Grand Theft Auto franchise yet but now, rumours that the much-awaited game is coming to PS4 are running rampant.

Currently, the PS4 is making headlines due to its technical capabilities, with Sony’s new gaming behemoth set to run games on its 8GB of RAM and 1.84 teraFLOPS (a real unit of computational power!) when it launches worldwide this November. The most realistic graphics ever are just one of the things being promised to us, with the idea of game worlds that are over 3 times the size of colossi, like open-world title Skyrim, are also being suggested. It’s no wonder then, that those looking to buy the console are hoping that current-gen titles get a PS4 release. The latest game fans want on PS4 is GTA 5 and, thanks to a Sony tweet, the rumours that GTA 5 will be on next-gen are being talked about once again.

The latest round of ‘GTA 5 on PS4’ rumours comes from a tweet from the @SonyUK Twitter (the official Twitter of Sony operations in the UK), who, when replying to a fan’s enthusiasm about the game, seemed to ‘announce’ that the title would also be making its way to PS4 (pictured above). Of course, accidental Twitter reveals are certainly not unheard of, but Sony quickly followed up the mishap with another tweet, which you can see below.

Rockstar also weighed in on the tweet, which took the Internet by storm, clarifying that it was simply a typo, but while this is standard procedure for such a controversy, their previous comments on GTA 5 getting a PS4 release suggest that the game will be out on next-gen after all. Back in July, Rockstar said the following, “The only versions of the game that we have announced are for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 which are set for a September 17th worldwide release,” and that ”[Rockstar] don’t have anything to share about the possibility of a next-gen or a PC platform release at this time and we are completely focused on delivering the best possible experience for the consoles people have right now.”

Now, PR teams are sticklers for linguistics as they have to be incredibly precise due to the media’s penchant for taking a few suggestive lines of text and running away with it, but here, the use of “announced”, suggests that Rockstar could very well have a next-gen version of GTA 5 in the works but for now, they are staying schtum. In turn, saying that they have nothing to share “at this time” also adds fuel to the fire as the PS4 version of GTA 5 may simply just not be complete enough for them to share it, that, and the fact that a next-gen announcement may put people off buying the current version in anticipation on for the possibility of a better version, may also be what’s keeping Rockstar quiet.

In any case, there’s definitely more here than Rockstar are (currently) willing to share, so we’ll keep you posted once we know more.

What is a serious contender for Game Of The Year just going by the anticipation, AKA GTA5, has an official release date: September 17, 2013. The problem with this? It’s almost 4 months later than fans expected.

GTA5, the upcoming title in the Grand Theft Auto series for PS3 and Xbox 360, has finally gotten an official date via the Rockstar website which is September 17, 2013. This is almost 4 months later than initial prospects and has already generated quite a bit of backlash in the gaming community (you see now why Valve refuses to talk Half Life 3/episode 3?).

The Rockstar team acknowledged the delay, and said about it: “We know this is about four months later than originally planned and we know that this short delay will come as a disappointment to many of you, but, trust us, it will be worth the extra time. GTAV is a massively ambitious and complex game and it simply needs a little more polish to be of the standard we and, more importantly, you require. To all Grand Theft Auto fans, please accept our apologies for the delay, and our promise that the entire team here is working very hard to make the game all it can be. We are doing all we can to help ensure it will meet if not exceed your expectations come September – we thank you for your support and patience.”

Their politeness and honesty, though, doesn’t seem to have done much in terms of calming some of the more vocal and upset fans, who are now all over the web discussing from boycotts to how they “will never pre-order from Rockstar again”. Well, damn, the Internet can be harsh sometimes, but aren’t you guys overreacting? Tell us about your reaction in the comments section.

Rocktstar’s Grand Theft Auto 5, named GTA5 for short is the most awaited game of 2013, and with such a high profile, lots of rumors have been flying around. Here, though, is some confirmed data for the fans.

The data featured in this article comes straight from the magazine Game Informer and IGN‘s website, who finally provided some hard facts for the expecting fans. And the good part is that it seems these news will (and should!) please mostly everyone.

GTA 5 will have 3 playable characters (Michael, Trevor and Franklin), who players will be able to switch constantly with a single button press, so there will be different perspectives and point of views in each mission. Michael is a former bank robber in his early 40s who goes back in the game as his wife is burning through his fortune. Trevor is the second protagonist, around the same age, and is described as a “drugged out psychopath”, a career criminal and prone to violence.

Finally, Franklin, is a younger guy, in his mid 20s who works as a repo man. Game Informer described him as “the young and capable one of the bunch.” The three of them will be performing several heists along the game in a map that is reported to be bigger than the one in Red Dead Redemption, GTAIV and GTA: San Andreas combined. Yes, you read that right: the map is three times the size of previous games!

Each character has a different skillset which will come in handy for different parts of each heist. For example, Michael can rappel down the side of buildings while Franklin uses a sniper rifle from afar to protect him and Trevor flies a helicopter above. Players will switch back and forth helping each of the characters out (say, Franklin taking enemies out so Michael can advance) and then escaping using Trevor’s helicopter while the rest shoot the enemies chasing them.

The customization will be back in full force, and each character will be able to be tweaked to the players liking with slight RPG elements akin to GTA: San Andreas, but also clothes and gear.

Grand Theft Auto V is set to be released on Spring 2013 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (sorry, PC and Wii U fans, you’ll have to wait on this one) and promises to fulfill everyone’s expectations with it. To be honest, we can’t wait to see.